This website explains the history of St. Augustine. It goes into detail about when it was founded in 1565 to how it became a tourist destination to many people.
National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
This website gives more detail about St. Augustine and goes into detail about how St. Augustine was the site of Spanish military base established in 1565 by Pedro Menendez.
Spain was upset that France was building colonies in Florida. They put Pedro Menendez on the task of driving out the French colonists. This website goes into detail about what his plan of action was and how it ended up working successfully in many ways.
This is another website that goes into Pedro Menendez and what he did for Florida. The good thing about this website is that it has activities and games that go along with Pedro Menendez and can enhance the student’s learning.
Literature List:
“Pedro Menendez de Aviles”
Written by: Russell Roberts
This is a biography of a Spanish seaman and explorer who established a colony at St. Augustine.
“Pioneers of France in the New World, Hugenots in Florida, Samuel de Champlain”
Written by: Francis Parkman
This book goes into the Hugenots in Florida and how Spain did not want them there so they sent Pedro Menendez to fight them off.
“Pedro’s Journal”
Written by: Pam Conrad
This is a children’s book that is written as “Pedro Menendez’s journal.”
“The Look-It-Up Book of Explorers”
Written by: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Children’s book that has information about every explorer they will learn about in school.
“Why Explore?”
Written by: Susan Lendroth
This children’s poetry book examines the drive for people to constantly be exploring their surroundings.
Internet Search/Literature List
By: Kortney
Internet Resources:
1. Christopher Columbus Bio: http://columbus-day.123holiday.net/christopher_columbus.html
- Since Christopher Columbus is one of the two explorers that I’m researching, this website provides a biography about him. One thing I did notice was that it didn’t state whether or not Columbus sailed by Florida or if he really has anything to do with Florida. This provided great information about his ships however.
2. Rubistar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=RubricSearchResults&page=2&&
- I typed in Florida Explorers into the search engine and it provided 3230 different kinds of rubrics. This website is great to have not just for this unit plan but ALL unit plans. It provided rubrics for anything from brochures to assessments.
3. Ponce de Leon Bio: http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm
- This website is great! It provides a thorough background with children related information. It also states the connection of Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leon. The website shows a black and white drawing of Ponce de Leon that can be used for children to color if they have free time. (PDF link to make as a bio worksheet for the students - http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.pdf )
4. Juan Ponce de Leon’s Voyage (Map): http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtml
- This website provides a map of Ponce De Leon’s voyage. This map is accompanied with a detailed description so the children would then be able to draw the route on their own. This website is important for when we have the children draw the routes of all the explorers.
5. The Spanish Explorers of America (Vocabulary Words) :http://www.ohanalearning.org/resources/titles/1000/1086.html?TitleID=01086&mod=1
- This website provides a wide variety of vocabulary words that can be used in our unit throughout the week. Christopher Columbus, expedition, Juan Ponce de Leon, etc. are examples of terms that are defined on this website.
Literature List:
1. Bags, Boxes, Buttons, and Beyond with the Bag Ladies by: Cindy Guinn and Karen Simmons
- This book is very beneficial when wanting to incorporate new and fun ways to collect work for a unit plan. I’m using this book for making our explorer journals and our explorer bag. I’m using the food box suitcase on page 79 and I’m using it to collect the work of all the activities throughout the week.
2. Where do you think you’re going Christopher Columbus? By: Jean Fritz
- This story is a biography about Christopher Columbus. It tells a story of his journey without chapters and several pictures. This would be a good book to display in the classroom for children to read independently.
3. Juan Ponce de Leon By: Tamara Green- This book is loaded with great information about Ponce de Leon. Maps and routes of which he traveled pictures of artifacts, and information about the Fountain of Youth are just to name a few. This book also contains vocabulary in the back which would be great when doing the vocabulary words for each explorer.
4. St. Augustine: America’s Oldest City By: Linda Wade
- This book tells all about the city that Ponce de Leon discovered. It’s important for the children to not only know the explorers, but the important places they discovered. This is a great resource when talking about Saint Augustine.
5. Social Studies – Florida Studies By: Houghton Mifflin
- This is a teacher’s edition to a textbook that fourth grade students have used here in Florida. Of course this won’t be the exact book I have in my classroom but one like this is very helpful when planning your unit. It provides worksheets and concept maps. It also tells you how to incorporate other subjects into the teaching of social studies.
- This is a neat internet site shows a series stamps that the post office released in the 1920’s. The stamp series features the Huguenots; the sixteenth-century French Protestants who suffered persecution for their religious beliefs. Jean Ribault led the Huguenots from France to the mouth of Florida's St. John's River (in May 1562).
- This is a biography of Jean Ribault. It tells of his life and his exploration in Florida and the St. Johns River. In addition, it tells about how he built Fort Caroline. I liked this website because it has pictures of the French coat of arms, a photo of Jean Ribault, and a picture of the stone monument that he built. It would be a great tool for a lesson, because students could print out the pictures and color them.
- This is an online digital art gallery on the New York Public Libraries web page. It features two pictures of Rene Laudonniere. One of the pictures was a full portrait. There aren’t many good pictures of Laudonniere, so I felt that this website would be beneficial for a class lesson.
- This website provides the history of the Jean Ribault Monument (erected in 1925). The monument signifies where Charlesfort once stood. Charlesfort was the first French settlement in the United States. The website shows many pictures of the actual monument.
- Hurricanes plagued the French settlements. In all reality, the hurricanes were probably more devastating to the French colonies than the Spanish were. Therefore, I decided to list the National Hurricane Center as a web-link. This could be used in the unit to teach students about how to track and prepare for hurricanes.
Literature List:
1. Three Voyages By: Charles Bennett
- This book contains many of Rene Laudonniere’s original manuscripts. Laudonniere’s manuscripts describe the French attempts to explore and colonize what are now Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the 1560s. In addition, Charles E. Bennett (the author) edited and translated the original documents in "Three Voyages." This book would be great for classroom demonstration. The teacher could read aloud passages from the text and show the class what the old documents and letters looked like.
2.Jean Ribaut, His Personality and Achievements By: Kenneth Curry
- This is an article that was published by the Florida Historical Society Quarterly. It describes the life and achievements of Jean Ribault. In addition, it tells the story of how he led the Huguenot journey to Florida.
3. Rene de Laudonniere and the Indian Chief Athore Visit Ribaut's Column By: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
- This is a painting that Jacques Le Moyne painted. It shows Rene de Laudonniere (whom he explored with) and the Chief Athore. The two are visiting the column that was erected by the first French expedition. It is an idyllic depiction of Europeans and Native Americans sharing the riches of the New World.
4. Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620 By: Betsy Maestro
- This book provides a description of explorers to the new world after Christopher Columbus. It puts the all of the different countries’ (French, English, and Spanish) voyages and motives into perspective through chronological account. The illustrations are great and they are very colorful. This book would be a great tool for a class activity that required student’s to categorize the explorers in a graphic organizer.
5. Hurricanes By:Seymour Simon
- This book is very thorough in explaining how hurricanes develop. It lists the categories of hurricanes, how they are predicted, and how to be safe when a hurricane threatens. Hurricane vocabulary is defined in text. Some of the vocabulary is challenging, but the book is excels in content and has many vivid pictures. It would be great to use in a class for a picture walk.
Internet Search/Literature List
By: Marcus Williams
Internet Resources:
1. Biography- Pánfilo de Narvaez: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/403722/Panfilo-de-Narvaez
This is a brief overview biography of the life of Panfilo de Narvaez. He is mentioned mostly for his early past with how he was brought up and came to be the conquistador he is known to be today. It mentions much of military services as well.
2. Explorer Pánfilo de Narvaez: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/n/narvaez.shtml
This website gives a different kind of biography, though it is the same information, it is presented in a different format. It shows a map of his expedition throughout his time when sailing to and from all the places he went in his journey.
3. Florida of the Conquistador – All Conquistadors of Florida: http://floridahistory.org/conquistador.htm
This site gives a detailed listing and background information of all the different conquistadors of Florida and how they came about reaching land here. It also mentions what they did in their time spent here in Florida.
4. Hernando De Soto’s Life: http://en.allexperts.com/e/h/he/hernando_de_soto_(explorer).htm
This website would be of great use since it is completely detailed on De Soto’s life. If a student or teacher were to be doing a biographic lesson or find information about Hernando De Soto, it has his life capped from birth to death, highlighting his expeditions.
5. Florida’s History- Hernando De Soto http://www.floridahistory.com/inset44.html#Soto
This is a very interactively detailed site that has multiple facts along with photo images and maps to describe the conquests of De Soto. There are ample amounts of information just on this one page to discover about De Soto’s expeditions and life as a whole.
Literature List:
“Hernando de Soto” By Abbot Chrisman
This biographic book has some detailed information about de Soto, the Spanish explorer, and how he was the first to lead an European expedition to the Mississippi River and came across Florida.
“The Spanish Exploration of Florida” By Bill and Dorcas Thompson
This biographical book covers three of the most important Florida conquistadors: Ponce De Leon, De Soto, and De Aviles. It goes into subtle detail and life experiences about each explorer.
“Hernando De Soto and the Exploration of Florida” By Jim Gallagher
This book is a biographical account of De Soto as one of the explorers of the new world. It tells about him being a wealthy Spaniard who was the first Eurpoean to set sail to the New World in search of “glory”.
“For God, Gold, and Glory: De Soto’s Journey to the Heart of La Florida” By E.H. Haines
This is another book of De Soto’s expedition and how he faced those hardships that are always talked about when his name surfaces in Florida history. His expedition that he has to Florida shows one of bravery and his hope to find something special.
“Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition” By Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
This book is about the true story of the Narvaez expedition. It has a few Spanish conquistadors listed as being a part of the Spanish noblemen to go searching for “God, gold, and glory” in the New World. It is a large text book with many pages, but it just details the entire expedition that Panfilo de Narvaez was a part of for nine years.
By: Rebecca Postans
Internet Resources:
The Official Website for the City of St. Augustine, the Nation’s Oldest City
http://www.staugustinegovernment.com/visitors/nations-oldest-city.cfm
This website explains the history of St. Augustine. It goes into detail about when it was founded in 1565 to how it became a tourist destination to many people.
National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/geo-flor/24.htm
This website gives more detail about St. Augustine and goes into detail about how St. Augustine was the site of Spanish military base established in 1565 by Pedro Menendez.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
http://www.nndb.com/people/654/000097363/
This website gives a biography of the life of Pedro Menendez. It goes into where he was born, where he died, what he did during his life, etc.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles Claims Florida for Spain
http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/menendz/menendz1.htm
Spain was upset that France was building colonies in Florida. They put Pedro Menendez on the task of driving out the French colonists. This website goes into detail about what his plan of action was and how it ended up working successfully in many ways.
Enchanted Learning- Pedro Menendez de Aviles
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/a/aviles.shtml
This is another website that goes into Pedro Menendez and what he did for Florida. The good thing about this website is that it has activities and games that go along with Pedro Menendez and can enhance the student’s learning.
Literature List:
“Pedro Menendez de Aviles”
Written by: Russell Roberts
This is a biography of a Spanish seaman and explorer who established a colony at St. Augustine.
“Pioneers of France in the New World, Hugenots in Florida, Samuel de Champlain”
Written by: Francis Parkman
This book goes into the Hugenots in Florida and how Spain did not want them there so they sent Pedro Menendez to fight them off.
“Pedro’s Journal”
Written by: Pam Conrad
This is a children’s book that is written as “Pedro Menendez’s journal.”
“The Look-It-Up Book of Explorers”
Written by: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Children’s book that has information about every explorer they will learn about in school.
“Why Explore?”
Written by: Susan Lendroth
This children’s poetry book examines the drive for people to constantly be exploring their surroundings.
Internet Search/Literature List
By: Kortney
Internet Resources:
1. Christopher Columbus Bio:
http://columbus-day.123holiday.net/christopher_columbus.html
- Since Christopher Columbus is one of the two explorers that I’m researching, this website provides a biography about him. One thing I did notice was that it didn’t state whether or not Columbus sailed by Florida or if he really has anything to do with Florida. This provided great information about his ships however.
2. Rubistar:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=RubricSearchResults&page=2&&
- I typed in Florida Explorers into the search engine and it provided 3230 different kinds of rubrics. This website is great to have not just for this unit plan but ALL unit plans. It provided rubrics for anything from brochures to assessments.
3. Ponce de Leon Bio:
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm
- This website is great! It provides a thorough background with children related information. It also states the connection of Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leon. The website shows a black and white drawing of Ponce de Leon that can be used for children to color if they have free time. (PDF link to make as a bio worksheet for the students - http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.pdf )
4. Juan Ponce de Leon’s Voyage (Map):
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtml
- This website provides a map of Ponce De Leon’s voyage. This map is accompanied with a detailed description so the children would then be able to draw the route on their own. This website is important for when we have the children draw the routes of all the explorers.
5. The Spanish Explorers of America (Vocabulary Words) : http://www.ohanalearning.org/resources/titles/1000/1086.html?TitleID=01086&mod=1
- This website provides a wide variety of vocabulary words that can be used in our unit throughout the week. Christopher Columbus, expedition, Juan Ponce de Leon, etc. are examples of terms that are defined on this website.
Literature List:
1. Bags, Boxes, Buttons, and Beyond with the Bag Ladies by: Cindy Guinn and Karen Simmons
- This book is very beneficial when wanting to incorporate new and fun ways to collect work for a unit plan. I’m using this book for making our explorer journals and our explorer bag. I’m using the food box suitcase on page 79 and I’m using it to collect the work of all the activities throughout the week.
2. Where do you think you’re going Christopher Columbus? By: Jean Fritz
- This story is a biography about Christopher Columbus. It tells a story of his journey without chapters and several pictures. This would be a good book to display in the classroom for children to read independently.
3. Juan Ponce de Leon By: Tamara Green- This book is loaded with great information about Ponce de Leon. Maps and routes of which he traveled pictures of artifacts, and information about the Fountain of Youth are just to name a few. This book also contains vocabulary in the back which would be great when doing the vocabulary words for each explorer.
4. St. Augustine: America’s Oldest City By: Linda Wade
- This book tells all about the city that Ponce de Leon discovered. It’s important for the children to not only know the explorers, but the important places they discovered. This is a great resource when talking about Saint Augustine.
5. Social Studies – Florida Studies By: Houghton Mifflin
- This is a teacher’s edition to a textbook that fourth grade students have used here in Florida. Of course this won’t be the exact book I have in my classroom but one like this is very helpful when planning your unit. It provides worksheets and concept maps. It also tells you how to incorporate other subjects into the teaching of social studies.
Internet Search/Literature List
By: Justin Rice
Internet Resources:
1. Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Issue:
http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&mode=1&tid=2033829
- This is a neat internet site shows a series stamps that the post office released in the 1920’s. The stamp series features the Huguenots; the sixteenth-century French Protestants who suffered persecution for their religious beliefs. Jean Ribault led the Huguenots from France to the mouth of Florida's St. John's River (in May 1562).
2. Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France
http://fcit.usf.edu/FLORIDA/lessons/ribault/ribault1.pdf
- This is a biography of Jean Ribault. It tells of his life and his exploration in Florida and the St. Johns River. In addition, it tells about how he built Fort Caroline. I liked this website because it has pictures of the French coat of arms, a photo of Jean Ribault, and a picture of the stone monument that he built. It would be a great tool for a lesson, because students could print out the pictures and color them.
3. NYPL Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=Laudonni%C3%A8re%2C%20Ren%C3%A9%20Goulaine%20de&s=3¬word=&f=2
- This is an online digital art gallery on the New York Public Libraries web page. It features two pictures of Rene Laudonniere. One of the pictures was a full portrait. There aren’t many good pictures of Laudonniere, so I felt that this website would be beneficial for a class lesson.
4. Jean Ribault Monument
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=21687
- This website provides the history of the Jean Ribault Monument (erected in 1925). The monument signifies where Charlesfort once stood. Charlesfort was the first French settlement in the United States. The website shows many pictures of the actual monument.
5. National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
- Hurricanes plagued the French settlements. In all reality, the hurricanes were probably more devastating to the French colonies than the Spanish were. Therefore, I decided to list the National Hurricane Center as a web-link. This could be used in the unit to teach students about how to track and prepare for hurricanes.
Literature List:
1. Three Voyages
By: Charles Bennett
- This book contains many of Rene Laudonniere’s original manuscripts. Laudonniere’s manuscripts describe the French attempts to explore and colonize what are now Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the 1560s. In addition, Charles E. Bennett (the author) edited and translated the original documents in "Three Voyages." This book would be great for classroom demonstration. The teacher could read aloud passages from the text and show the class what the old documents and letters looked like.
2. Jean Ribaut, His Personality and Achievements
By: Kenneth Curry
- This is an article that was published by the Florida Historical Society Quarterly. It describes the life and achievements of Jean Ribault. In addition, it tells the story of how he led the Huguenot journey to Florida.
3. Rene de Laudonniere and the Indian Chief Athore Visit Ribaut's Column
By: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
- This is a painting that Jacques Le Moyne painted. It shows Rene de Laudonniere (whom he explored with) and the Chief Athore. The two are visiting the column that was erected by the first French expedition. It is an idyllic depiction of Europeans and Native Americans sharing the riches of the New World.
4. Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620
By: Betsy Maestro
- This book provides a description of explorers to the new world after Christopher Columbus. It puts the all of the different countries’ (French, English, and Spanish) voyages and motives into perspective through chronological account. The illustrations are great and they are very colorful. This book would be a great tool for a class activity that required student’s to categorize the explorers in a graphic organizer.
5. Hurricanes
By: Seymour Simon
- This book is very thorough in explaining how hurricanes develop. It lists the categories of hurricanes, how they are predicted, and how to be safe when a hurricane threatens. Hurricane vocabulary is defined in text. Some of the vocabulary is challenging, but the book is excels in content and has many vivid pictures. It would be great to use in a class for a picture walk.
Internet Search/Literature List
By: Marcus Williams
Internet Resources:
1. Biography- Pánfilo de Narvaez:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/403722/Panfilo-de-Narvaez
This is a brief overview biography of the life of Panfilo de Narvaez. He is mentioned mostly for his early past with how he was brought up and came to be the conquistador he is known to be today. It mentions much of military services as well.
2. Explorer Pánfilo de Narvaez:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/n/narvaez.shtml
This website gives a different kind of biography, though it is the same information, it is presented in a different format. It shows a map of his expedition throughout his time when sailing to and from all the places he went in his journey.
3. Florida of the Conquistador – All Conquistadors of Florida:
http://floridahistory.org/conquistador.htm
This site gives a detailed listing and background information of all the different conquistadors of Florida and how they came about reaching land here. It also mentions what they did in their time spent here in Florida.
4. Hernando De Soto’s Life:
http://en.allexperts.com/e/h/he/hernando_de_soto_(explorer).htm
This website would be of great use since it is completely detailed on De Soto’s life. If a student or teacher were to be doing a biographic lesson or find information about Hernando De Soto, it has his life capped from birth to death, highlighting his expeditions.
5. Florida’s History- Hernando De Soto
http://www.floridahistory.com/inset44.html#Soto
This is a very interactively detailed site that has multiple facts along with photo images and maps to describe the conquests of De Soto. There are ample amounts of information just on this one page to discover about De Soto’s expeditions and life as a whole.
Literature List:
“Hernando de Soto” By Abbot Chrisman
This biographic book has some detailed information about de Soto, the Spanish explorer, and how he was the first to lead an European expedition to the Mississippi River and came across Florida.
“The Spanish Exploration of Florida” By Bill and Dorcas Thompson
This biographical book covers three of the most important Florida conquistadors: Ponce De Leon, De Soto, and De Aviles. It goes into subtle detail and life experiences about each explorer.
“Hernando De Soto and the Exploration of Florida” By Jim Gallagher
This book is a biographical account of De Soto as one of the explorers of the new world. It tells about him being a wealthy Spaniard who was the first Eurpoean to set sail to the New World in search of “glory”.
“For God, Gold, and Glory: De Soto’s Journey to the Heart of La Florida” By E.H. Haines
This is another book of De Soto’s expedition and how he faced those hardships that are always talked about when his name surfaces in Florida history. His expedition that he has to Florida shows one of bravery and his hope to find something special.
“Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition” By Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
This book is about the true story of the Narvaez expedition. It has a few Spanish conquistadors listed as being a part of the Spanish noblemen to go searching for “God, gold, and glory” in the New World. It is a large text book with many pages, but it just details the entire expedition that Panfilo de Narvaez was a part of for nine years.